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b. c. 1596,Age estimated from date of admiss. to M. Temple. o.s. of John Greene, merchant, of Dorchester, Dorset. PROB 11/125, f. 151r-v. educ. M. Temple 1614. M. Temple Admiss. m. Elizabeth (admon. 24 Oct. 1673), PROB 11/343, f. 118; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1493. 2s. 5da. Som. and Dorset N and Q, iii. 78; London Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 36; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840. suc. fa. c.1615. PROB 11/125, f. 151v. bur. 5 Jan. 1656 5 Jan. 1656. Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 288. sig. Giles Grene.
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Freeman, Weymouth by 1617, Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 451. bailiff 1620 – 21, capital burgess from 1621; Dorset RO, Weymouth corp. order bk. ff. 68, 72. commr. piracy, Dorset 1622, C181/3, f. 73. inventory of prize goods, Weymouth and Poole, Dorset 1627, APC, 1627, p. 87. shipwreck inquiry, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 531–2. sewers, Dorset 1638, C181/5, f. 113v. assessment 1641 – 42, 1644, 1647–8, SR, v. 83, 150; A. and O. i. 544, 964, 1081. scandalous ministers 1642; CJ, ii. 516a. member, co. cttee. Dorset from 1644; A. and O. i. 460. commr. appeals, Oxf. Univ. visitation 1647, militia, Dorset 1648. Ibid. i. 927, 1236.

Clerk in Crown office, k.b. by 1621-at least 1624; Nicholas, Procs. 1621, i. 321; STAC 8/295/30. commr. Algiers expedition debts 1627–8; APC, 1627–8, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. surveyor of salt-works from 1636; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 360. commr. customs 1642–3, CJ, ii. 806b; iv. 322b. Navy from 1642, Admlty. from 1645, A. and O. i. 27, 669. regulating excise 1645, excommunication 1646, scandalous offences 1648. Ibid. 691, 853, 1209.

Cttee. Dorchester New Eng. Co. from 1624. William Whiteway of Dorchester: his Diary (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 61.

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GREENE, Giles (c.1596-1656), of Weymouth and Afflington, Dorset and London
Main residences: Weymouth; Afflington, Dorset; London.
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J.P.F.
P.M.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GREENE, Giles (c.1596-1656)

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